Vulnerability in Linux kernel
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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2025-21845 has been found in Linux kernel.
Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. CVSS score: 5.5/10.
What to do: apply the vendor's official patched release.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "Linux kernel CVE-2025-21845" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2025-21845 (Linux kernel) — CVSS v3 5.5
Attack vector: local / no user interaction
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.
A vulnerability (unclassified) exists in Linux kernel.
Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of Linux kernel.
Severity: Medium (CVSS 5.5/10). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
Update to the patched release per vendor advisory.
Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.
Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Audit SBOM/dependencies to find affected services.
Response actions
Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order
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Identify exposureidentify
Audit SBOM/dependencies for affected components.資産台帳・SBOM・依存マニフェストで Linux kernel を使っているサービスとバージョンを洗い出す。
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Post-deployment verificationverify
Confirm patched version is live in productionパッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番ではアクセスログ・WAF でアラート再発が無いか継続監視。
Affected packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | Kernel |
≥ 6.12.0, < 6.12.17 ≥ 6.13.0, < 6.13.5 |
6.12.17 6.13.5 |
Fix status by distribution
Fixed packages published by each distribution for this CVE
- BellSoft Alpaquita BELL-CVE-2025-21845 linux-lts Fixed in: 6.12.41-r0
- Debian DEBIAN-CVE-2025-21845 linux Fixed in: 6.12.17-1
Original description The description as published by the source.
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
mtd: spi-nor: sst: Fix SST write failure
'commit 18bcb4aa54ea ("mtd: spi-nor: sst: Factor out common write operation
to sst_nor_write_data()")' introduced a bug where only one byte of data
is written, regardless of the number of bytes passed to
sst_nor_write_data(), causing a kernel crash during the write operation.
Ensure the correct number of bytes are written as passed to
sst_nor_write_data().
Call trace:
[ 57.400180] ------------[ cut here ]------------
[ 57.404842] While writing 2 byte written 1 bytes
[ 57.409493] WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 737 at drivers/mtd/spi-nor/sst.c:187 sst_nor_write_data+0x6c/0x74
[ 57.418464] Modules linked in:
[ 57.421517] CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 737 Comm: mtd_debug Not tainted 6.12.0-g5ad04afd91f9 #30
[ 57.429517] Hardware name: Xilinx Versal A2197 Processor board revA - x-prc-02 revA (DT)
[ 57.437600] pstate: 60000005 (nZCv daif -PAN -UAO -TCO -DIT -SSBS BTYPE=--)
[ 57.444557] pc : sst_nor_write_data+0x6c/0x74
[ 57.448911] lr : sst_nor_write_data+0x6c/0x74
[ 57.453264] sp : ffff80008232bb40
[ 57.456570] x29: ffff80008232bb40 x28: 0000000000010000 x27: 0000000000000001
[ 57.463708] x26: 000000000000ffff x25: 0000000000000000 x24: 0000000000000000
[ 57.470843] x23: 0000000000010000 x22: ffff80008232bbf0 x21: ffff000816230000
[ 57.477978] x20: ffff0008056c0080 x19: 0000000000000002 x18: 0000000000000006
[ 57.485112] x17: 0000000000000000 x16: 000000000000…
Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database NVD GitHub Advisory
References
- advisory nvd.nist.gov
- advisory github.com
- package git.kernel.org
- web git.kernel.org
- web git.kernel.org
- web git.kernel.org
- web git.kernel.org
- web github.com
- web git.kernel.org